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Crop PDF pages

The crop tool enables you to change the size of the pages of PDF documents for when they are displayed on screen or when printed. You can crop pages visually with the Crop tool, or by adjusting the margins in the Crop Pages dialog.

The changes to pages can be applied in many ways: Odd and Even Pages, Odd Pages, Even Pages, a page range or the current page. To modify non-sequential pages you can specify the exact pages under the Choose Pages option. For example, entering 1, 2, 6-7 will adjust only the four pages you have specified.

To crop pages visually with the Crop tool:

  1. In the Editing toolbar, select the Crop tool .
  2. Left-click the page, drag the cropping rectangle until you have marked where you want to crop, and then double-click on the selected area.
  3. Double-click in the crop area to specify the page range to crop.

Tip: once you have marked the area you want to crop, you can drag the crop border by left-clicking and dragging. You can also resize the crop area by grabbing the corners of the area you have highlighted.

To crop pages with the Crop Page dialog:

  1. Choose Edit > Pages > Crop Pages, or right-click in the Page panel.
  2. Do any of the following as required:
    • Change the measurement units to your preferred units.
    • Specify the pages to crop. Odd and Even Pages, Odd Page, Even Pages, Current page or a range of pages.
    • Set the margins where you want to crop.
    • Select the Remove Margin checkbox to totally remove the margin from around content.

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